How Many People Are Named Sora?
people named Sora are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 140,190 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,462 babies named Sora in Social Security records from 1972 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
169 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Japanese ็ฉบ (sora) or ๆ (sora) which both mean "sky". Other kanji with the same pronunciations can also form this name.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Sora, 73% were girls and 27% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Sora fell from 100% in the 1990s to 62.3% in the 2020s.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Sora alive today is about 12 years old, and 90% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 17 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Sora first appears in the records in 1972 and was given most often in 2022, to 169 babies. In 2025, 162 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1972 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Sora has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,864, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #1,959. Among boys, its best rank was #1,994, in 2022.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,959 | #2,250 |
| Best rank | #1,864 (2023) | #1,994 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,838 in the 2010s | #2,399 in the 2020s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Sora alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Sora were born in California than in any other state: about 273 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Sora was given 6.4 times as often in New Jersey, 4.2 times in New York and 2.5 times in California.
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